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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri,  6 Feb 2009 10:28:41 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] [plan9mod] Query regarding venti scores
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> that doesn't directly address their suitability as UUIDs. it seems
> like an odd choice to me (certainly it's an expensive way of
> generating them), although i guess it depends what your application
> is.

sha-1 is a standard uuid format.  since a uuid is 16 bytes and
sha-1 is 20, there should be plenty of room in there.  here's the
fully legal url:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID#Version_5_.28SHA-1_hash.29

- erik